Establishment of a simple cleanup procedure and bioassay for determining 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin toxicity equivalents of environmental samples

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-82

  Schwirzer, Siegfried M G ^a,c   Hofmaier, Andrea M ^a,c   Kettrup, Antonius ^a,c   Nerdinger, Per E ^a   Schramm, Karl Werner ^a   Thoma, Heinz ^b   Wegenke, Martin ^b   Wiebel, Friedrich J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; BIOASSAY; CLEANING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031669934     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1998.1670     Document Type: Conference Paper

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